Adblockers offers a basic good protection but to be more efficient it’s recommended to use additional filters that are maintained by volunteers during their spare time.
It’s important to choose filters lists that are regularly updated and use the ones you need for your purposes, eg. there are filters lists for privacy, to block ads, malware, crypto miners, porn sites, gambling, etc…
Let’s see how to configure these lists in the most populars AdBlockers software and apps.
AdGuard
AdGuard is available as Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS app and as an extension for many browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera, Yandex).
AdBlock Plus
AdBlock Plus is available as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera and Yandex extension.
uBlock Origin
uBlock Origin is an open source extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera.
AdAway
AdAway is an open source app for Android.
DNS66
DNS66 is an open source app for Android.
personalDNSfilter
personalDNSfilter is a proxy filter written in Java. It’s compiled as an app for Android but includes also Windows and Linux versions.
To add the additional filters lists in the above AdBlockers go to oisd download page and select the desidered AdBlocker, then follow the “how to” instructions.
There are various filters lists you can find on web, here is a list of the most curated and maintained:
To test AdBlockers you can use the following sites: